Hi, I’m giving away a black swedish drake with a very good temperament because I believe he is just not fit for the flock and he needs a new start. He’s extremely sweet and will nest and protect eggs himself and put the girls first. The only reason I’m giving him away is because he is...
She’s never been broody before and she’s very indifferent towards her eggs and nest. She does have a nest though so it very well could be that he’s micromanaging, I hadn’t thought about that. I’ve seen him help the girls make nests and check on eggs before so he’s very involved. I don’t let them...
Hello, with spring my drake has gotten more aggressive but his aggressiveness is only towards one duck/hen - he’s sweet as can be to the other girls. His behavior doesn’t seem to be related to mating either.
Attached to the main coop is a small wooden duck house for them to sleep in, and...
keeping them in shallow water is more so that id be able to stand on the dock and be able to intervene if anything attacks them. there would still be enough room for them to dive under i believe. im thinking ill put up a fence around the area id like to keep them in. id keep them from the lake...
i was thinking of the fence idea myself. id keep them away from the lake, but their coop is getting soaked too quickly with a pool inside and the land surrounding is on a hill, so i would be unable to put a kids pool there unless i dug out into the hill. :(
ive just recently began letting my ducks out every other day for supervised freerange. my goal is to get them to the lake that is in our yard, and ive almost got them comfortable enough to reach the bank.
however, im concerned about them swimming past where i can reach them, and if they will...